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OX3 8BB

Quarry & Risinghurst · Oxford · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Oxford
Ward
Quarry & Risinghurst
Local authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford East
Postcode district
OX3
Postcode sector
OX3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX3 8AU 39 m
OX3 8BD 43 m
OX3 8LS 64 m
OX3 8BE 83 m
OX3 9EH 86 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX3 8BB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX3
Postcode sector
OX3 8
Latitude
51.761816
Longitude
-1.200870
British National Grid easting
455,248
British National Grid northing
207,316

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Oxford · E07000178
Electoral ward
Quarry & Risinghurst · E05013112
Parish or community
E43000128
Westminster constituency
Oxford East · E14001419
Output area
E00145562
Lower layer super output area
Oxford 007E · E01028574
Middle layer super output area
Oxford 007 · E02005946

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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26 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
24, John Snow Place, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8BB 6 October 2025 £391,000
26, John Snow Place, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8BB 1 November 2023 £351,000
11, John Snow Place, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8BB 28 April 2023 £400,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
73
Primary
33
Secondary
7

  1. Headington Quarry Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    442 m

  2. Bayards Hill School

    Academy sponsor led

    530 m

  3. St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Oxford

    Voluntary controlled school

    596 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,429
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 881
  • Shoplifting 234
  • Anti social behaviour 208
  • Other theft 206
  • Public order 206

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
75

41 female, 34 male

Postcode households
28
Residents per household
2.7
OX3 8 residents
12,950

Age bands in OX3 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.8%

2,454 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.6%

1,635 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.9%

3,893 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.6%

3,200 residents

Age 65 and over
14.1%

1,843 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX3 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
73.7%
Gigabit-capable
73.7%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

18

within 5 km

  • HEDENA HEALTH

    207 LONDON ROAD, HEADINGTON, OXFORD, OX3 9JA

    ODS code K84009

    255 m

  • MANOR SURGERY

    OSLER ROAD, HEADINGTON, OXFORD, OX3 9BP

    ODS code K84044

    978 m

  • ST BARTHOLOMEWS & HOLLOW WAY MED CENTRE

    MANZIL WAY, COWLEY ROAD, OXFORD, OX4 1XB

    ODS code K84013

    2.7 km

  • BARTLEMAS SURGERY

    THE EAST OXFORD HEALTH CENTRE, 1 MANZIL WAY, OXFORD, OX4 1XD

    ODS code K84032

    2.7 km

  • COWLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE EAST OXFORD HEALTH CENTRE, MANZIL WAY, COWLEY, OXFORD, OX4 1XD

    ODS code K84063

    2.7 km

  • TEMPLE COWLEY HEALTH CENTRE

    TEMPLE ROAD, COWLEY, OXFORD, OX4 2HL

    ODS code K84007

    3.1 km

  • ST. CLEMENT'S SURGERY

    39 TEMPLE STREET, OXFORD, OX4 1JS

    ODS code K84060

    3.2 km

  • DONNINGTON MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    DONNINGTON HEALTH CENTRE, 1 HENLEY AVENUE, OXFORD, OX4 4DH

    ODS code K84004

    3.7 km

  • KES@NORTHGATE

    NORTHGATE HEALTH CENTRE, 15 MARKET STREET, OXFORD, OX1 3EF

    ODS code K84605

    4.0 km

  • NORTHGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    15 MARKET STREET, OXFORD, OX1 3EF

    ODS code K84080

    4.0 km

  • LUTHER STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LUTHER STREET, OXFORD, OX1 1UL

    ODS code K84066

    4.2 km

  • BEAUMONT ELMS PRACTICE

    19 BEAUMONT STREET, OXFORD, OX1 2NA

    ODS code K84016

    4.3 km

  • JERICHO HEALTH CENTRE

    WALTON STREET, OXFORD, OX2 6NW

    ODS code K84078

    4.5 km

  • OBSERVATORY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    JERICHO HEALTH CENTRE, WALTON STREET, OXFORD, OX2 6NW

    ODS code K84026

    4.5 km

  • SUMMERTOWN HEALTH CENTRE

    160 BANBURY ROAD, SUMMERTOWN, OXFORD, OX2 7BS

    ODS code K84011

    4.5 km

  • BANBURY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    172 BANBURY ROAD, OXFORD, OX2 7BT

    ODS code K84021

    4.6 km

  • MORLAND HOUSE SURGERY

    MORLAND CLOSE, WHEATLEY, OXFORD, OX33 1DP

    ODS code K84014

    4.6 km

  • THE LEYS HEALTH CENTRE

    DUNNOCK WAY, BLACKBIRD LEYS, OXFORD, OX4 7EX

    ODS code K84031

    4.9 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Gladstone Road

    BCT · Headington

    0.0 miles

  • Green Road Roundabout

    BCT · Headington

    0.1 miles

  • Green Road Roundabout

    BCT · Headington

    0.1 miles

  • Gladstone Road

    BCT · Headington

    0.1 miles

  • Wharton Road

    BCT · Headington

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oxford 007E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,934 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
5 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £381,750 from 4 recorded sales in OX3 8BB. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Oxford is £466,815 in June 2026, down 0.9% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

73 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 7 secondary schools. Headington Quarry Nursery School is the nearest published school at 442 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

Published police records

2,429 published events cover 12 months, averaging 202.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 881 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.